
英:/''krɪpld/ 美:/'ˈkrɪpld/
比較級:more crippled 最高級:most crippled
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v. 使跛足,使殘疾,使傷殘;嚴重毀壞或損害;給……造成嚴重問題 (cripple 的過去式和過去分詞)
The crippled ship slowly sank to the bottom of the sea.
這艘嚴重受損的船慢慢沉入海底。
There is a crippled plane parked at the airport.
機場上停着一輛嚴重受損的飛機。
The government issued policies to rescue the crippled economy.
政府頒布政策來拯救癱瘓的經濟。
The recent downturn in employment has really crippled our sales this year; people are spending less than ever.
最近的就業率下滑讓我們今年的銷售量很不濟;人們消費的比以前少了。
They tried to avoid looking at his grotesque face and his crippled body.
他們盡量不去看他那丑陋的面龐和殘疾的身軀。
She had come to terms with the fact that her husband would always be crippled.
她已接受了丈夫将終生跛足這個事實。
The accident crippled him for life.
這次意外事故使他終生殘廢。
He was crippled by polio as a child.
他幼年患過小兒麻痹症,結果腿就瘸了。
The pilot tried to land his crippled plane.
飛行員試圖駕駛損壞嚴重的飛機着陸。
adj.|disabled/handicapped;殘廢的,跛腿的
"crippled"是形容詞,在英語中主要有兩個層面的含義:
原始醫學含義
指因先天缺陷、疾病或意外導緻肢體功能嚴重受損的狀态,常見于20世紀的醫學文獻描述,例如脊髓灰質炎後遺症患者(來源:牛津英語詞典)。這種用法現已逐漸被"physically disabled"或"person with mobility impairment"等更中性的表述取代。
現代語境演變
在當代英語中,該詞更多用于隱喻性表達,形容系統、組織或功能的嚴重受損。例如:"crippled economy"(癱瘓的經濟)或"crippled software"(功能殘缺的軟件)。劍橋詞典特别指出這種比喻用法仍常見于正式書面語。
世界衛生組織《國際功能、殘疾和健康分類》(ICF)強調,描述殘障人士時應避免帶有貶損色彩的詞彙,推薦使用"people with disabilities"作為标準術語(來源:WHO官網政策文件)。語言學家David Crystal在《劍橋英語百科全書》中也建議,涉及人類殘障狀況時,語言選擇應體現對人格尊嚴的尊重。
例句參考:
"The 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act prohibited discrimination against individuals with disabilities"(現代規範表述)
"The company's network was crippled by a cyberattack"(非人類主體的技術性描述)
單詞crippled 的含義和用法如下:
作為形容詞
作為動詞(過去式/過去分詞)
如需更多例句或詞源信息,可參考等來源。
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